ROMAHAPA. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1752, 20 June 1885, Page 14

ROMAHAPA. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Pcbmc Works.— The enatrao!! for carryiDi? thfi TaMlu's Ri-6)- lino to tbe P^r 1 ! Molyn^ux rovd !■ flfc»<idi!y advftncti'jf fiowards «inip:etf"n, work hiving bffcn rarri^^ on Mruu ttneonsly at both *|ie Tnve?t.el and Rfinuharja oifla The mivft in at th" site f. r tho Rotnahapa Pt^tion »nd s;ood-i sh il vs all but <lrm ; fbe plate 1 * ytn« and b'lhstirgr which waa be«un fr m the loverfiel enri ha"^^ cvnried somethr*e mis 50 chvna. or abnufc batt tho distance to the Port; Moiyn^fx roa'f. Ttte contract wou'd have bsan further arivaiced had no* the exoesalv.-lv inclement weather whioh ha<! propai'.ed ber^i for aomo conßMerabte time, «nd wMoh B=t in tm'ssoaHy early thh winter, tuceaRarPv dekiTud ('he wo-k very much Thp tt»!o of the w-ei'-her hi" nrsvpjited the eontvactor f oin lioStir.)? thnvjtrh wi*h the forira'.irn-wr.ich biuan at a dJsfnnifi r? t«"> milei 40 cbait-a froi» Invert'ei, and ends fo»v tnl'ei f rira the t-aine placa -an soon aa he des'rt'd. This itiHiiTorfcun-.tof.if tho enntrtctor. &g the lahou 1 "nB l ;«;t hmdostb'o what JAwnu'd li^vg dona h"vd th<: wvft'her horo rro'H propiti'.u'. The wvk ad fhe br'rlgß ftc>-o-n 4 ho Pucrtia i^ hindered ve ry much by th" fiKtrpruo d'tficu't.y of ceUihg *he required timVr to *ho sn^i- iflr.i dvav c n f?et, within thfea miles of it nonprqu-nMv the »n^ f erla.l baa to be driven to P»rt Mrlvn ux fi eh and then b">atpd up the with ♦ho Mil . ihru/h the extractor U without doubt aiix'outj ti j?nt tha j'-b flii»h d, T navo b'v ths b^nda emp ovi d -viil ho a vrv when the Hme c moo f>r <hfm to be pai ! "ff in <:o"«pqu nfe of the work heine; mm-

le'-'-d They contaea thaf i', ia very w^i.facfory to them to have tt c wajj ofl duo them put ropa'ar y into the i- hinrin overv f^rtniaht) by thfir employer, t-B*«wd of bei'-fc naid or>ea a m"u6h as on fomfl cintract». cor>f rantnr m' rits a word of praise for the t.hnr-mhlv ho cb u > manner in which ho is doing the wor?-c comp.i°e(3 in this cont.r*c\ ad it is to be VioyG'l thi'-t th'; Givornmen^ not, impos'- tha <enal - v Ihoauh th-i work be not. complpt'd -withi'i tho entraefc time, wh'ch ospircs on Jnl ?5 Othnr conti-iKitors who ha'e Itti few«r obsmcle') to vi- mount have bad an extension ff liwe granted 'Vi«m. snd it wo M be gr^tifylncr fo tve tho sai-e co'ii'p | 3Bi"n made 1o one whnße sole aim Becme to be to give pomiiQO pnffrfacrion in tho performaace of the work he has undertaHea.